| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 212 pages) : maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-205) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : a community of Muslims -- Hanuman's tunnel : collapsing the space between Hind and Arabia in the Arab imaginary -- Aden, the Company and Indian Ocean interests -- Claims to community : mosques, cemeteries and the universe -- "The Qadi is not a judge" : the Qadi's courts, community and authority -- "An innocent amusement" : marginality, spirit possession and the moral community -- Scripturalism, Sufism and the limits of defining public religiosity. |
| Summary |
The webs, nodes and networks created by Britain's Indian Ocean Empire during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are here explored in the context of their personal and social impact. Using the British Settlement of Aden as its focus, the book examines the development of a local community within the spaces created by imperial rule. It explores how individuals from widely disparate backgrounds brought together by the networks of empire created a cohesive community utilizing the one commonality at their disposal: their faith. Specifically, it examines how religious institutions and spiritual ideas served as parameters for the creation of community and the kinds of symbolic and cultural capital an individual needed to attain communal membership and influence within the confines of imperial rule. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Muslims -- Indian Ocean Region -- History -- 19th century.
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Muslims. |
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Indian Ocean Region. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Religious communities -- Indian Ocean Region -- History -- 19th century.
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Religious communities. |
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Social change -- Indian Ocean Region -- History -- 20th century.
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Social change. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Colonies.
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Great Britain. |
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Colonies. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reese, Scott Steven. Imperial Muslims. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018] 9780748697656 (OCoLC)994316286 |
| ISBN |
9780748697663 (electronic book) |
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0748697667 (electronic book) |
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9780748697656 |
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0748697659 |
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9781474432528 (epub) |
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1474432522 (electronic book) |
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9781474432528 |
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